The Real Meaning of Patriotism
July 29, 2007
James Spader of Boston Legal gives a masterful performance as a lawyer giving a summation of the case against the GOP’s vision for America:
Giffords Gets $30 Million in SCAAP Funding Restored
July 28, 2007
Link: Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords gets SCAAP Funding Restored. SCAAP is the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, which reimburses local law enforcement agencies for the cost of imprisoning undocumented aliens. You may remember the flap that Gov. Napolitano created by sending overdue bills to Washington for over $300 million in unpaid SCAAP reimbursements. Well, Gabby scored
Mitchell Seeks Cuts to Wealth Taxes
July 28, 2007
Link: Mitchell co-sponsors bill that aims to cut capital gains and estate tax. WTF is Mitchell thinking? Cutting Capital Gains and Estate taxes overwhelmingly benefits the wealthiest Americans, who need it least. Mitchell prattled about the ways in which these cuts would benefit the average person selling stock or a house, but completely ignored the
Andrew Thomas’ Hasty Pudding
July 28, 2007
Link: Thomas seeks faster process for death row appeals. The Maricopa County Attorney, Andrew Thomas, likes to play by Red Queen’s rules: he yells, "Off with their heads!" and every one had better jump to it. Now he’s written to AG Gonzales seeking to implement stream-lined appeals for the 113 death row inmates in Maricopa
Al Gore’s Assault on Irrationality
July 28, 2007
I was going to write my own review of Al Gore’s book "The Assault on Reason" but I found this and simply see no reasonable prospect of improving upon it:
Pullen Your Leg
July 26, 2007
Randy Pullen, the Arizona State Chairman of the GOP, whom I dearly love and revere as a wise and powerful leader for the opposition party, recently published a very amusing opinion piece about what it means to him to be a Republican. I have taken the liberty of correcting (parenthetically) the many mistakes in Randy’s
Medicaid Documentation Requirement Disproportionately Harms Non-Hispanics
July 25, 2007
Link: Medicaid Documentation Requirement Disproportionately Harms Non-Hispanics, New State Data Show: Rule Mostly Hurts U.S. Citizen Children, Not Undocumented Immigrants, 7/10/07. In yet another example of how Republican policymaking turns out to be just dumb-fuckery in disguise, a new study shows that new requirements to prove citizenship in order to obtain Medicaid benefits are actually
Put it back on the table, Madam Speaker!
July 25, 2007
Marlene Phillips, a member of Tucson’s Drinking Liberally, finally got fed up. She sent me this, and appeals for your action: It started two weeks ago, when our congresswoman spoke in front of a group of citizens here in Tucson. A number of us wanted to know how she felt about impeachment; she replied that
